论明清皇宫营建中的神木文化

On the Divine Wood Culture in the Construction of Ming and Qing Royal Palace

明清时期,北京的皇宫建设推动了大规模的皇木采办活动的展开,其中也留下了一些神奇的故事。介绍神木的来历,并从山川崇拜和树木崇拜的角度,解析神木文化现象背后的文化传统,结合皇木采办的社会历史,论述神木崇拜的政治、文化意义。明清政府宣扬神木,体现了山林崇拜的文化传统,反映了对森林资源既利用又珍惜和感恩的文化心理,推动了故宫营建,起到尊皇威、崇帝德的功用,为后世留下庄重伟大的北京故宫建筑遗产。

During the Ming and Qing dynasties,the imperial palace construction in Beijing promoted the large-scale acquisition of royal timber,which also left some miraculous stories.This paper introduces the origin of Shenmu(divine wood),and from the perspective of mountain worship and tree worship,analyses the cultural tradition behind the cultural phenomenon of Shenmu,and discusses the political and cultural significance of Shenmu worship combined with the social history of royal timber acquisition.This paper holds that the government of Ming and Qing dynasties advocated Shenmu,which embodied the cultural tradition of mountain forest worship,reflected the cultural psychology of utilizing,cherishing and thanking forest resources,promoted the construction of the Forbidden City,played the role of respecting imperial dignity and respecting imperial morality,and left a solemn and great architectural heritage of the Forbidden City of Beijing for future generations.